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Western Association

The first Western Associations have their histories somewhat intertwined with the Western League's. From 1888-1891, and 1893, the Western League was known as the Western Association.

The next Western Association ran from 1894-1899 and was renamed the Central League in 1900. The league was centered around Illinois and Iowa, but reached to Nebraska and Denver, CO early on.

In 1901 another Western Association was started, this time centered around Ohio and Indiana. It only lasted one year.

In 1905, the Missouri Valley League was renamed the Western Association. The league was designated as class C until 1911, when it was given a D rating. It operated in this class from 1914-1917 and also in 1920-21 . In 1922 the league regained its class C status and oprated from 1922-1932 and 1934-1942 when it shut down during WW II. It returned as a class C in 1946 and continued until 1954. Joplin, Ft. Smith, Topeka, St. Joseph, Hutchinson and Muskogee were all long-time members.

# St. Louis disbanded June 20 and was replaced by Sioux City, which began play July 4 and later disbanded.
## Minneapolis played its last game August 18, selling its franchise to Davenport, which also had a team in the Central Interstate League. Davenport played its first game August 25.

# Jacksonville moved to Springfield, then to Burlington.
$ Omaha transferred to Denver July 22; first home game August 9; last game August 22.
@ Burlington and Dubuque, from the Eastern Iowa League, entered August 30

# Joplin and Springfield disbanded May 10.
## Coffeyville and Independence disbanded June 14.
### Ft. Smith and Tulsa withdrew on June 19, and the league disbanded.
Attendance: Tulsa 6,800
No individual statistics available.

# Muskogee moved to Maud August 22. One game was played, which drew poorly. It was decided to play the remaining home games at Independence or Joplin when those teams were on the road.
Attendence: Joplin, 40,000.
Playoff: Ft. Smith 5 games, Shawnee 2, one tie.

# Joplin (2-1) moved to Topeka May 6, first home game May 10; Topeka disbanded July 18
## Independence (12-10) moved to Joplin May 23; first home game May 26. Joplin (7-10) moved back to Independence June 10. Independence (4-12) moved to Hutchinson July 20.
### Muskogee (18-16) moved to Hutchinson June 8, then disbanded July 18.
#### Ft. Smith (23-29) moved to Muskogee July 1; first home game July 7.
Attendance Springfield, 60,000.
Playoff: Springfield 5 games, Bartlesville 4.